- 16 Mar 14, 09:52#395338So happy for Dan and also Mag - the good news from today's race was seeing these young guns excelling. It was terrific seeing both on the podium, but for me, as an Italian West Australian it was particularly pleasing.
A huge congrats to Nico, he drove a flawless race, I sincerely hope he does not have to endure the negative comments many people levelled at Seb because the RB9-6 was superior.
The win was just reward for the Mercedes team for putting I'm such a brilliant pre season.
The race itself was anything but a race. DRS replaced real overtaking with highway street car passes. The new rules have effectively removed trying to pass. It was depressing listening to Mag being told to back off his attack in the closing stages to safe fuel. Ditto for Button who, along with Bottas drove the best race in terms of making up meaningful positions.
From a Ferrari point of view it was a solid start to the season. Both cars in the points even though both cars had electrical problems from the start.
Every one of today's cars would have been lapped last year. If we had a ten year old car out there it would have lapped the field maybe 3 or 4 times.
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________________________- Mike Hawthorn on Alberto Ascari 
